Pencil-sharpener.



E.A. NUGENT.

PENCIL SHARPENBR.

APPLICATION FILED 001:. 21, 1913,

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@1577 1 1 %9 Patented Dec. 22, 1914,

EDGAR ANDREW NUGENT, or UNIONVILLE, NEW YORK.

HPENCIL-SHARPENER.

Improved Pencil-Sharpener, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention has for its object .toprovide a pencil sharpener which maybe carried on the pencil and which serves to hold the pen-- oil to apocket of. a garment in which the pencil is carried. The pencilsharpener is constructed with a knife which makes with an oblique out, along'or short point as desired. This knife may be moved out of op-.

erative position when it is desired to move the pencil sharpener up fromthe P611011 point. The sharpener forms a rest for the fingers whenthepencil is used for writing. Other objects of the invention willappear in the following specification in which the preferred form of myinvention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views in which- Figure 1 is a view showing an elevation, thepencil on which my pencil sharpener is secured; Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of Fig. 1, andFigs. 1 and 5 are views show ng the position of the blades and the guidewhen the sharpener is used to cut the pencll point.

By referring to the drawings, 1t will be seen that a collar 5 isprovided through which the pencil 6 is disposed, this collar 5 having anextending finger 7 which is adapted to cooperate with the pencil 6, toclamp a pocket member. By this means, the pencil may be secured to thepocket so that there will be no danger of its being lost shouldtheperson stoop down. Extending in the direction opposite to that inwhich the finger 7 extends there are fingers 8 which are secured to thecollar 5 and which are provided with openings 9 for receiving a guidemember 10. This guide member 10 has an offset 11 which is pivoted at 12to the blade 13, the blade being pivoted at 14 to the collar 5. Disposedopposite the blade 13 and between the fingers 8 there is a finger 15,the fingers 8 and 15 being adapted to engage the sides of the pencil 6.When the pencil is bemg sharpened, the guide 10 is disposed through theopenings 9 in the fingers 8 which'hold Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 19M.

Application filed October 21, 1913. erial No. 796,437.

the blade 13 in position so that when the pencil 6 is turned relativelythereto the cuttingedge 13 on the blade 13 will cut the pencil point asmay be desired. As will be seen-by. referring to Fig. 4 of the drawings,

the blade'l3 is pivoted at a greater distance from the right hand finger8 than from the left hand finger 8, and as the guide 10 is firstdisposed through the opening 9 in the right hand finger 8 and thenthrough the opening 9 in, the left hand finger 8, the blade 13 isdisposed obliquely relatively to the pencil. The finger 15 is providedto serve as a rest for the pencil.

After the pencil has been sharpened, the guide 10 is removed from theopenings 9 in the fingers 8 and the blade 13 is rotated so that theguide 10 is raised. As will be seen by referring to Fig. 3 of thedrawings, this guide 10 has a channel 11 in which the cutting edge 13 ofthe blade 13 may be disposed. When the guide 10 has been moved to'theposition shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the resilient flanges 16 onthe finger 7 engage, one, the rear edge of the blade 13 and the other,the guide 10 to hold the guide 10 and the blade 13 in inoperativeposition. The free end 13 of the blade 13 has an enlarged portion 13which is adapted to engage the pencil 6 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings to hold the collar 5 in adv justed position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a pencil sharpener, a member adapted to be secured to a pencil andbeing provided with a finger having an opening, a blade pivoted to themember, and a guide pivoted to the end of the blade and normallydisposed in the opening.

:2. In a pencil sharpener, a collar in which a pencil is normallydisposed, a blade pivoted to the collar on an axis, which, if extended,would pass through the collar, a guide mounted on the blade and guidemeans on the collar for cooperating with the guide for the purposespecified.

3. In a pencil sharpener, a collar having fingers with openingsextending from opposite sides of the collar, a blade pivoted to thecollar, and a guide pivoted to the blade and adapted to be disposed inthe openings.

4. In a pencil sharpener,

a guide pivoted to the blade and having means for protecting the edge ofthe blade and meanson. the member for holding the guide in adjustedposition.

5. In a pencil sharpener, a collar having fingers extending fromopposite sides of the collar and having means for holding a guide inadjusted position, a finger extending from the collar at one side of thefirst'fin'gers, a blade pivotedto the collar oppositethe sec- 0ndmentioned finger, and a guide pivoted to the blade and adapted to beengagedby the said means.

6. In a pencil sharpener, acollar-having fingers extending from oppositesides of the collar and having meansfor holding a guide in adjustedposition, a finger extending from the collar at one side of the firstmentioned fingers, a blade having an edge and pivoted to thecollaropposite the second mentioned fingers, a guide pivoted to thebladeand adapted to be engaged by the saidmeans and means on the guidefor protecting the edge of the blade.

7. In a pencil sharpener, a collar, a blade pivoted to the collar on anaxis, Which, if

extended, Would pass through the collar, and means on the collar forholding the blade in operativeposition and relatively to the collar.

Copies of this patent: may be obtained for 8. In a pencil sharpener, acollar-in which .a pencil. may be disposed, a finger extending intonedirectionfrom the collar and provided with means for'holding a guide inad justed position, a finger extending from the collar in the oppositedirection for co-acting with the pencil to grip a pocket member, a bladepivoted to the collar and aguide pivoted to the blade'an'dadapted to beheld by the said means.

9. In aepen c-il sharpener, a collarin' which tion, e 4

In- *witnesswvhereof, I have signed my name to this specification in'the presence of two subscribing witnesses. w I

EDGAR ANDREWV v NU GENT. Witnesses:

JOSEPH MAOINNES, Ivar. R; RosnivoRANs.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratents, Washington,D. G.

